Burial-crypt.



F. G STANLEY.

Patented Dec, 1?, 1918.

- FRANK G STANLEY, or JAMAICA, new YORK.

BURIAL-CRYZET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.,17, 1918.

Application filed June 1, 1918. Serial No. 237,755.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jamaica, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Crypts, of which the following is. a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of burial crypts or compartments in such manner that a plurality thereof may be incorporated together in a unitary system, crypts being added as required, the parts of each crypt being duplicated in the others, and the top and bottom slabs and side walls of each forming component parts of adjoining crypts,the invention consisting in the specific formation and arrangement of parts described and claimed, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a transverse vertical section of adjoining crypts, taken upon plane of line l1, Fig. 2'

Fig. 2, is a horizontal longitudinal section taken upon plane of line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a horizontal longitudinal section, as upon plane of line 38, Fig. 1, of a side wall and adjoining parts, upon a larger scale to show full details of the joints between the side walls, rear walls, and front or closure members, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4:, is a vertical section, as upon plane of line H, Fig. 2, upon a like scale, showing in detail the joints between the horizontal slabs and the rear walls, and front closure members;

Fig. 5, is a vertical section, as upon plane of line 5-5, Fig. 2, on a like scale, showing in detail the joints between the horizontal slabs and the side walls.

The several parts of my conjunctive crypt structure areformed of reinforced concrete, and consist of the horizontal members a, a, side members Z), 71, rear end members 0, and front or closure members 03.

What I hereinafter designate as the horizontal slabs a, a, are adapted for use as either top or bottom members of a crypt or compartment. Their front edges are formed with transverse grooves a, 11 for the accommodation of the upper and lower edges of the door or closure members (Z, and for the cement e, by which these parts are joined and sealed, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4, which also shows in cross section the transverse grooves a a, at the rear of said horizontal slab a, for the accommodation of the upperand lower edges of the rear end walls or members 0, and the cement e, by which they are, sealed and held in place.

The upper sides of the horizontal slabs a, a, are also formed with longitudinal ribs a a which perform the double function of reinforcing and stiffening the slab, while clividing it into a series of trough shaped grooves a, for the reception of chemical so lutions introduced into the completed crypt for purposes well known in the art. As will be seen more particularly by reference to Figs. 1 and 5, the side walls of these grooves flare or diverge upward from the floors thereof, so that the expansion of said chemical solutions if frozenduring cold weather will be upward and unrestrained, and will not endanger the integrity of the structure. It may be said also in this connection that the troughs a, reduce the weight of the slabs, while the metallically reinforced longitudinal ribs a afford ample strength and rigidity.

Upon reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the troughs. extend throughout the length of the crypt, the ribs being adapted to support the casket and prevent its direct contact with the fluid in the troughs, while the latter afford the maximum surface for exposing the liquid to the absorptive influences.

The side members 6, are formed with vertical front edges having convergent surfaces in which are formed vertical grooves Z), Z), for the reception-of the cement e, by which the vertical edges of the closure members (1, are held and sealed in position, as will be seen more particularly by reference to Fig. 3. In a similar manner the vertical rear edges of the side members or walls I), are formed with convergent grooves 11 for the accommodation of the adjacent beveled edges 0', of the rear end members 0, c, and the cement e, by which they are sealed and held in place, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper and lower horizontal edges of-the side members 6, are formed with tongues Z2 which fit in between the horizontal grooves (L in the longitudinal edges of the horizontal slabs a, the space between the edge of adjacent slabs a, said longitudinal grooves a, and the tongues 6 being filled with cement c,which seals and binds all four abutting surfaces together as shown more particularly in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The side members Z), are paneled or recessed on both faces thereof, forming the webs 6*, which being reinforced by metal m, throughout, afford a maximum of rigidity and strength with a minimum of material and weight.

For a similar reason and in like manner the inner faces of the end walls 0, are recessed or countersunk, as well as reinforced with metal 4%.

The doors or closure members (Z, are also preferably reinforced with metal m; and their lower horizontal edges d, (Fig. l) are substantially semi-circular in cross section to facilitate the closing operation, preparatory to which the lower horizontal edge d, of a door cl, is positioned on the unset cement in the groove a, of the lower horizontal slab a, forming the floor of the crypt, and the door (Z, gradually raised into vertical position, to be sealed by cement c. inserted between the sides of the groove er,

7 in the slab a, above, and between the walls of the vertical grooves b, in the opposed faces of the side members I), and the correspondingly opposed walls of the grooves (Z formed inthe vertical side edges of the door member (Z, as shown at the bottom of Fig. 3.

It will'be seen that there are six component members U0 my improvedstructure of crypt, 2'. a, two duplicate horizontal slabs a, a, one forming the bottom or floor of the crypt, and the other the top or roof thereof; two duplicate side members 6, b, a rear wall or member 0, and a closure member (Z,the adjacent and abutting portions of each and all of these component members being formed with interlocking parts, and being sealed with cement e, which binds and unites these interlocking parts rigidly together, as shown particularly in the last three figures of the drawings. Furthermore myconstruction and arrangement of counterparts is such that additional. crypts may be built as required, upon and around that or those already formed, a horizontal slab a, or side member Z), of the latter being utilized in the construction of each new crypt according to whether the new crypt is built upon the'side or top of the old crypt. It is also to be noted that the end members 0, are all alike and interchangeable, as are the closure members cl, so that all the counterparts of my structure may be carried in stock or storage until wanted, practically, for immediate use.

The component parts of my crypt are also relatively of light weight while strong and substantial, and may be readily assembled and united into one integral structure without the use of special appliances or the necessity for the employmentof highly skilled labor. And the substantial structure thus attained is not subject to strain or disintegration by the freezing of the chemical solutions used, owing to the shape of the containing troughs as hereinbefore set forth.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, r

The herein described burial crypt, the same being formed of reinforced concrete and comprising horizontal members, side members, rear end members and front closure members, the upper sides of the horizontal members being formed with longitudinal ribs forming trough-shaped liquid receiving receptacles extending throughout the length of the horizontal members and having inclined side and end walls, affordinp' maximum absorptive surfaces for the fluid in said troughs, the said members being formed with interlocking adjacent portions adapted to be united integrally by in terposed cement.

FRANK G. STANLEY.

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